Chapter 17. Moving into His Place

After dinner, Nate was drowsy because of the heavy dose of painkillers that he had to take. He immediately retired to his room and dozed off to sleep. With nothing to do, Claire too retired to bed. Her phone kept on buzzing throughout the evening every hour. She knew Francis was calling her, but she had no wish to accept his call. She was angry with Francis for forwarding those pictures to Nate and feeding him lies about their non-existent relationship. How could he stoop so low? Even Chris was better than him. 

She lay down, thinking of a way to get out of this mess. Where would she get so much money from? Not finding any solution, Claire dozed off to sleep. The next morning, she stirred but couldn’t get up from bed. Something was tying her down, and she couldn’t move her limbs. Still groggy with sleep, she forced open one eye and looked around. A gasp escaped her mouth seeing Nate sprawled in her bed, his limbs all over her, clamping her down. The sleep left her eyes, and sh